Ogden Nash, Edward R Murrow, and Margaret Bourke-White announced as guests of upcoming programs sponsored by the Committee on Cultural Affairs. Dr Clyde Wildman, Visiting Professor of English Bible, died. Sophomore class claims victory in the inter-class hockey tournament. Kappa Sigma wins Inter-fraternity League Football crown for the third time in four years.
Sauter-Finegan Orchestra selected for Winter Ball entertainment; Maynard McKissick and Orchestra has been selected to play the Homecoming Dance. Zeta Tau Alpha celebrate Founders' Day with a luncheon. Inter-fraternity football is considered in terms of its possible negative affects on the varsity football team. Private Stan Singer '55 begins series of articles written during his time in the army.
Parents' Weekend Issue. First Cultural Affairs event to take place, featuring various performances by authors such as Sandberg and Shakespeare. For the first time, Orientation programming extends past the first week of classes. Elisabeth Bowen to speak on campus.
Helen Siegl is featured in an exhibition in Bosler Hall. 66 Students to visit the United Nations for the tenth session of the General Assembly. Franklin and Marshall beats the Dickinson football team in the final half of the game, for the thirty-first straight year.
The Aquatic Club chooses a French theme for the fall production. After a year the Doll Dance returns to campus to collect dolls for children in New York State. School spirit critiqued. as Dickinson football prepares to play Franklin and Marshall, hoping to win for the first time in 30 years.
Morgan Hall opens for first-year males. Highest first-year enrollment to date includes 90 women out of 282 first-years. The Mermaid Players perform first operetta.
Nine distinctive figures to receive honorary degrees at Commencement: Governor John S. Fine, Harold E. Stassen, Robert E. Woodside, and Bishop John S. Stamm. President Edel to travel to Carlisle, England, to celebrate the city's bicentennial. Outline of Commencement day activities. Dickinson College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute agree on a five year plan of engineering study. Overview of the spring athletics season. Professor John S. Steckbeck writes a book about the athletic prowess of the famous Carlisle Indians.
New officers of Omicron Delta Kappa are elected for the new year, naming Donald Taylor as president. Dr. Ward Miner to give a talk on novelist William Faulkner in an upcoming Belles Lettres meeting. Results of a recent student interest poll are listed. The first Guest Day in nine years proves to be a success. Jerry Weinstein is elected the new President of Student Senate. Dickinson baseball defeats Juniata. Beta Theta Pi receives the Inter-Fraternity sports trophy. The tennis team beats Western Maryland. Philosophy professor, Ferdinando D. Maurino's book to be published soon.
Dr. Clarence Little was awarded an honorary degree of Doctorate of Humane Letters at the Founder's Day event. Profile on Professor Ralph Schetcher. The tennis team wins three matches and loses one. Dickinson lacrosse defeats Franklin & Marshall, but loses its first ever game in a match against West Chester. The baseball team wins against Susquehanna. Phi Psi remains undefeated in the Inter-Fraternity League.
The Dickinson Follies' play, "Fly By Night" opens. Omicron Delta Kappa, a national honorary leadership fraternity, taps twelve new members. As a result of a monetary deficit, the college snack bar will close for the remainder of the term. The Scull and Key awards Sidney D. Kline, Jr. with the annual Outstanding Freshman Award. Profile on Dickinsonian Hamlin Neely. Dickinson lacrosse ties a game with Swarthmore and defeats Western Maryland. The track team wins against Juniata. The baseball team earns a victory over Elizabethtown.